Frankfield, Queensland

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Frankfield
Frankfield is located in Queensland
Frankfield
Frankfield
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Coordinates: 22°15′26″S 147°07′05″E / 22.2572°S 147.1180°E / -22.2572; 147.1180 (Frankfield (centre of locality))
CountryAustralia
StateQueensland
LGA
Location
Government
  State electorate
  Federal division
Area
  Total
3,137.9 km2 (1,211.5 sq mi)
Population
  Total100 (2021 census)[2]
  Density0.032/km2 (0.08/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+10:00 (AEST)
Postcode
4721
Suburbs around Frankfield
Belyando Belyando Pasha
Elgin Frankfield Kilcummin
Laglan Clermont Clermont

Frankfield is a rural locality in the Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia.[3] In the 2021 census, Frankfield had a population of 100 people.[2]

The Gregory Developmental Road enters the locality from the north-west (Belyando) and exits to the west (Kilcummun).[1]

Mazeppa National Park is a 4,130-hectare (10,200-acre) protected area in the west of the locality (22°13′48″S 147°17′32″E / 22.2300°S 147.2922°E / -22.2300; 147.2922 (Mazeppa National Park)).[4] It is mix of gidgee scrub, brigalow scrub and open eucalypt woodland and protects various types of wildlife, including finches, the vulnerable squatter pigeon and koala.[5]

Apart from the national park, the land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with some crop growing.[1]

History

Mazeppa National Park was gazetted in 1994 under the Nature Conservation Act 1992.[4]

On 17 May 2019, it was decided to discontinue the locality of Mistake Creek and absorb its land into the neighbouring localities of Clermont, Laglan, Frankfield and Peak Vale.[6][7][8]

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